Karel Schoeman

South African writer (1939–2017)

  • Fame44.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia318
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Lived 1939–2017, aged 78South Africa
South AfricaSouth AfricaWritersWriter / Author
  • Wikipedia
    18 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1939–2017
    Aged 78
  • Known for
    Promised Land
    2002
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Updated 2026-07-17

Karel Schoeman was a South African novelist, historian, translator and man of letters. Author of twenty novels and numerous works of history, he was one of South Africa's most honoured writers. Schoeman wrote primarily in Afrikaans, although several of his non-fiction books were originally written in English. His novels are increasingly being translated into other languages, notably, English, French and Dutch.

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